Canyonlands National Park

Four of Utah’s five national parks set new recreation visits records in 2017; since 2012, the state’s “Mighty Five” have seen a 66 percent increase in visitors. Zion drew 4.5 million visits and jumped from fifth place to third in 2016, leapfrogging California’s Yosemite and Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park. Bryce Canyon moved up to 12th […]

The national park concept was an idea championed by Theodore Roosevelt. As president, Roosevelt protected about 230 million acres of public land and signed into law the 1906 American Antiquities Act. This act set aside certain public natural areas as park and conservation land to be preserved for historic and scientific interest. These areas were […]

Utah is home to five national parks—Arches, Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, and Zion—as well as many other amazing outdoor recreation destinations, including 43 state parks. With summer travel plans in the works for many families, consider these tips to help you get the most from your outdoor adventure. Timing is Everything With millions of […]

The toughest question in the English language, other than “Who’s texting you at this hour?”, is the old saw: Where do you want to RV this summer? The United States and Canada are vast. So in a year like this, when everyone could use a quick timeout from our fellow travelers, are you still daydreaming of […]

People who live in the West are indeed blessed. They really don’t have to travel very far to visit one of America’s great national parks. In California, there’s Yosemite, Joshua Tree, and Sequoia and Kings Canyon. To the west in Arizona, there’s the Grand Canyon, and north in the state of Utah, you can also […]

A big part of the fascination of National Parks comes from their incredible diversity. Because they were intended to preserve the best of America’s natural, cultural, and historical assets, the parks can’t help being loaded with superlatives: biggest, deepest, hottest, wettest … and much more. For example, we all know that Death Valley National Park […]

It’s a birthday party that stretches across the country and continues all year long. Everyone is invited and no gifts are required. The National Park Service turns 100 this year. The concept is much older than that. The artist George Catlin wrote in 1832 about the idea of preserving “a nation’s park … containing all […]

Stupid is as stupid does! The slow-moving wheels of justice has finally sentenced a woman who traveled from New York to a series of Western states in order to paint unsightly drivel all over a number of America’s most pristine and most iconic national parks. In November 2014, Vogel Talks RVing posted Creepytings Vandalizes National […]

Dead Horse Point State Park is perhaps Utah’s most spectacular state park. The park lies on the same broad mesa as The Island in the Sky district of Canyonlands National Park. Featuring immense cliffs carved by the elements and stunning overlooks, Dead Horse Point State Park draws you in with its breathtaking landscapes, dark starlit skies, and […]

The vast and rugged desert surrounding Moab is known for its starkly beautiful red-rock country and fantastic rock formations. Moab is also unique in that it has two national parks just outside city limits: Arches and Canyonlands, about 10 miles apart, and each represent different visions of what a national park can be. Arches National […]